Dayne Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 six months ago I heard about railroad spike knives. I made one on a cheap anvil from princess auto. And before I knew it there was a forge and a while shop required !:) used applewood for the handle. Since the pics though I broke the handle and one sure it was cause the tangs wasn't square so the wood saw too many forces. Got its all flattened out and gonna replace it with jatoba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Nice knife, have a large saw blade that I am cutting up for parts and I think I need to look at making one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayne Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 It's swings nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantrum86 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Looks good I like the wood handle on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 What are the knife's dimensions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Dayne your work deserves better materials..RR spikes are too low a carbon for good blade performance. High carbon steel forges a little differently but you will not have trouble. Pay attention to heat treat and make really nice knives that perform as good as they look...Keep at it in the shop.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayne Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 So it turns out I missed these posts. Thanks for the words of encouraging wisdom. I started a new job as an arborist apprentice and haven't had much time for forging. I still have that 4140 sitting in my garage, waiting to be made into proper hand tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayne Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 And it's blade is maybe about 9 inches long. Handle would be about 5 ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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